Admissions | Program Overview | Curriculum | For Current Students Important Deadlines Info FIRST YEAR IN BBSP LABORATORY ROTATIONS I: begins second week of September LABORATORY ROTATIONS II: begins first week of January LABORATORY ROTATIONS III: begins third week of March SELECT RESEARCH ADVISOR: completed no later than June 1 SECOND YEAR GRANT WRITING COURSE BIOC 712: take course during Spring semester (PhD students only) FORM 5 MEMBER THESIS COMMITTEE: before March of Spring semester SPECIFIC AIMS TO THESIS COMMITTEE: submitted no later than March 15 (committee will return feedback and approval) THESIS PROPOSAL TO THESIS COMMITTEE: submitted no later than April 25(students will be notified regarding the date of the oral exam) COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE ORAL EXAMINATION THIRD YEAR FIRST ANNUAL THESIS COMMITTEE MEETING: completed on or before February 15 COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOURTH YEAR SECOND ANNUAL THESIS COMMITTEE MEETING: completed on or before February 15
